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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Personal Finance and Kids

    Should you tell your kids how much money you make? Should they have to work in order to get an allowance? How much should they spend and how much should they save? New York Times’ personal finance columnist Ron Lieber has a new book that tackles all of these questions and more.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 19, 2015 • 1 min read

    Should you tell your kids how much money you make? Should they have to work in order to get an allowance? How much should they spend and how much should they save? New York Times’ personal finance columnist Ron Lieber has a new book that tackles all of these questions and more.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Ron Lieber

      author of the New York Times’ “Your Money” column

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Fast Food Fail, Skid Row Running Club and Finance for Kids
    1. 0:00Fast Food Ban Hasn’t Reduced Obesity
    2. 8:50How Expensive is LA? $73,000 Annually, Just to Get By
    3. 16:48Skid Row Running Club
    4. 24:27Personal Finance and KidsYou’re reading this
    5. 41:01Web Roundup: Ashley Judd Sues the Internet
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